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BarCamp Orlando is coming back to Downtown Orlando very soon. When you think BarCamp, you might be thinking mixing drinks and juggling bottles but it’s not about that at all. BarCamp Orlando is an annual community-building event which aims to bring people from different backgrounds together for cooperative learning. Technologies such as Ruby, PHP, Java and C could be presented alongside graphic design, music, photography, and other new media. They typically provide free

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As a foodie traveling to Austin, I couldn’t resist eating at some of my favorite spots, and a few new ones along the way. This isn’t just for those traveling to Austin for SXSWedu or SXSW, but for anyone that enjoys a good meal in a great town. We made a pack when traveling to Austin, we wouldn’t eat at any place we could eat at home. Le Cafe Crepe

Oreo wins on the social media front at Super Bowl 47! Instagram : A 3-second call-to-action at the end of Oreo’s Super Bowl commercial, which debuted during the game Sunday, has increased Oreo’s Instagram following by tens of thousands, (currently at 33k). “Something we can all disagree on: Choose your side on Instagram @Oreo,” the final frame read. Watch the commercial now, if you happen to miss it: http://youtu.be/6kMWLYYcAYw. Twitter: Quick tweet on the power outage with a great

Almost everyone has heard of the famous “Gangnam Style” video that, since its release in July 2012, is the most viewed and liked video on YouTube. Now I’ve been pondering how this type of engagement would be great to recreate in e-learning. (This post was inspired by 6 Ways You Can Put a Little ‘Gangman Style’ into Your Video Marketing) . What does Gangman Style mean? Gangnam style refers to

I use the short story of The Poor Scholar’s Soliloquy by Stephan M. Cory, University of Chicago from “Childhood Education” each semester in my Educational Technology course for discussion. This piece was written in 1944. Is the situation the boy describes still typical of American education? No, I’m not very good in school. This is my second year in the seventh grade, and I’m bigger and taller than the other

The second Startup Weekend Orlando was held November 9th-11th at Voxeo in Downtown Orlando. The weekend started with over 30 short pitches in which 12 companies would pitch their business on Sunday in four short minutes to a group of judges to be named the top startup from Orlando. This time the winner would battle it out internationally for a chance at winning the Global Startup Battle, with lots of great prizes. Startup Weekend